Virtual Reality has the possibilities to revolutionise the Healthcare
I am interested in the possibilities that virtual reality can bring into medicine. In the last years, VR has changed the healthcare industries. From developing new life-saving techniques to training the doctors of the future, VR has a multitude of applications for health and healthcare, from the clinical to the consumer.
Virtual Reality has the ability to transport you inside the human body – to access & view areas that otherwise would be impossible to reach. Currently, medical students learn on cadavers, which are difficult to get hold of and (obviously) do not react in the same way a live patient would.
In VR however, you can view minute detail of any part of the body in stunning 360° CGI reconstruction & create training scenarios which replicate common surgical procedures.
Medical Realities is one of the companies pioneering the use of Virtual Reality to deliver high-quality surgical training. They film real-life surgery in 4K 360° video from multiple angles which is then combined with CGI models of the anatomy being operated on to provide an immersive & interactive training experience.
Fields of VR in Healthcare
- Medical training
- Patient treatment
- Medical marketing
- Disease awareness
Video Example
Articles
Virtual Reality for Health Care: a survey
Judi Moline
Embodied Labs
Carrie Shaw
